THE WH1TE-SP0RED AGARICS 



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Clitocybe cyathiformis. Bull. 

 The Cup-Shaped Clitocybe. Edibee. 



Cyathiformis is from cyathus, a drinking cup; formis, form or shape. 



The pileus is two to three inches broad, fleshy, rather thin ; at first depressed, 

 then funnel-shaped ; even, smooth, moist, hygrophanous ; the margin involute, 

 sooty or dark brown when moist, becoming pale when dry, often dingy ochraceous 

 or tan-color, inclined to be wavy. 



The gills are attached to the stem, decurrent from the depressed form of the 

 pileus, united behind, somewhat dingy, sparingly branched. 



The stem is stuffed, elastic, tapering upward, fibrillose, base villous. The 

 spores are elliptical, 9x6/1. 



This plant has a wide distribution and is found in woods or wood margins. I 

 found some very fine specimens on Ralston's Run, near Chillicothe. September 

 to October. 



Clitocybe lac cat a. Scop. 

 Waxy Clitocybe. Edible. 



Laccata means 

 made of shellac or 

 sealing-wax. This 

 is a very common, 

 variable plant. 

 Sometimes of a 

 bright amethyst but 

 usually of a reddish 

 brown. The pileus 

 is from one to two 

 inches broad, al- 

 most membranace- 

 ous, convex, then 

 plane, depressed in 

 the center, downy 

 with short hairs, 

 violet or reddish- 

 brown. 



The gills are 

 broad, distant, at- 

 tached to the stem 



Figure 76. Clitocybe laccata. Two-thirds natural size. Caps violet or 

 reddish-brown. Hills broad and distant. 



